Shariea Cox told jurors that Adams was drunk and had trouble maintaining his balance during the night in question on the city’s South Side last June. She also testified that Adams appeared aggressive and that he was loud and yelling obscenities.

Cox testified that she heard the men suggesting that Adams pay for food. She quoted Adams as saying, “I’m not paying for anything. Hit me. I want you to hit me. Do you know who I am?”

Cox said she saw Michael Paranay punch Adams in the face, but she did not see Dquay Means flash a gun or Jerrell Whitlock stab Adams.

Adams previously testified Means made small talk with him at his truck, asked him if it was his and then told him, "Give it up and step back." Adams said Means told him he would kill him in front of everyone. Adams said Whitlock also threatened him.

Adams said Means flashed a handgun and then he noticed Paranay jumping on the floor boards of his truck, saying, "We got a nice one here." Moments later, Adams said he heard footsteps, was punched in the cheek by someone in Paranay's direction and then he was stabbed in the right abdomen. Adams also said he saw Whitlock's face as he pulled the knife out, before the defendants ran off.

Paranay, 26, Means, 26, and Whitlock, 27, all of Hazelwood, are facing charges ranging from conspiracy to attempted homicide.